Your home lab's biggest mistake might be running everything in LXCs
… Jellyfin with hardware transcoding enabled Media servers get awkward once GPUs enter A media server looks like a perfect LXC candidate until transcoding enters the picture. …
… Jellyfin with hardware transcoding enabled Media servers get awkward once GPUs enter A media server looks like a perfect LXC candidate until transcoding enters the picture. …
… Through a series of small, justified steps that slowly remove ownership from the equation, Denuvo being cracked could be a win for pirates, but a catalyst for the ultimate loss of ownership in the bigger picture. …
… Automatic tracking, better ownership Self-hosting your entire entertainment history makes much more sense than relying on public platforms The other, but just as important, reason I switched over is control. …
… Ownership and control over my own media library with Jellyfin was worth the trade-offs. …
… What I like the most is the focus on privacy and control. …
… Once you put in the time to understand port forwarding, reverse proxies, or even a service like Tailscale , you can gain full control over streaming your media library remotely. If you have friends or family in another city, your media server shouldn't decide whether they have access to your movies. …
… More importantly, Jellyfin aligns not just with how I use my media server, but also with the broader self-hosting mindset that values control, ownership, and simplicity. …
… It feels intuitive for daily use, supports smooth gesture controls during playback, and even lets you stream local media from a self-hosted server or a NAS drive at home. …
… That’s the kind of ownership no product box can promise.
… All my data, photos, videos, and media were stored on my NAS. …